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General Census for Population, Housing and Establishments 2006

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006
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EGY_POP_CENSUS_2006_V1.0
Producer(s)
Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Labor force status in the reference period (LFS)

Data file: Egypt 2006-CENSUS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 6203749
Invalid: 1033640
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 47
End: 48
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Active 2200366
35.5%
2 Inactive 4003383
64.5%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 1033640
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
The current labor force status should distinguish between the active (employed or unemployed) and inactive individuals (out of the labor force).
Universe
Individuals aged 6+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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Individuals are considered "active" in the labor force if they presently have a job (formal or informal, i.e. are employed) or do not have a job but are actively seeking work (i.e. unemployed). Those unemployed and do not seek a job are considered inactive.


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